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M. v B. STEINMETZ, 0F ANNviLLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

. Letters Patent No. 61,772, dated February 5, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN CHURNS.

TO ALL -WHOM IT MAY GONCERN:

Be it known that I, MQV. B. STEINMETZ, of Annvillie, Lebanon county,Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Churns; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to theletters of reference marked thereon.

My invention consists of certain devices, fully described hereafter,whereby the butter contained in a mass of cream may be quickly andthoroughly collected, the cream, during the operation, being-maintainedat the temperature best suited to facilitate that collection. I

In ordcr to enable, others skilled in the art to make and use myinvention, 'Iwill now proceed to describe its construction andoper-ation, reference being had to the accompanying drawinspecification, and in which- Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of myimproved churn; and

Figure 2, a sectional plan on thc line 1 2, iig. 1. A is a square woodenbox, within which is secured a smallerbox or case, B, of tin or othersuitable material;

and on a ange, a, nearthe top of the case, rest lids t', through each ofwhich extends a. tube, j.- To opposite sides of the case A are securedstandards c c', to which is secured, by detachable keys d cl', thecross-bar D, the latter being in two parts, c c', which are hingedtogether at 2:; and in the portion e', and in a projection, f, near thebottom ot the churn, turns a driving-shaft,-E, at the upper end of whichis a crank-handle, F. Through the centre of the case B, and through thelids of the same, extends the-vertical spindle G of the dasher; the saidspindle turning on a studl at the bottom of the case, and the upperv endin the cross-piece D, near which it is furnished with a pulley, t', forreceiving a belt or band from the pulley g on the shaft E. To theflasher-spindle E are attached arms h h and k c, the latter beingshorter than, and at right angles to, the former; and betwen these armsextend the vertical perforated blades m 'ni m m and non-perforatedblades n n n' n', the latter being-nearly a`t right angles -to theblades m m', as shown in the drawing. The cream is introduced into thec'ase B, and the space between t which the body of the creamishall bemaintained at a temperature of from 50 to 55 Fahrenheit. As the spindleG revolves, andthe blades m n of the dasher are forced through the massof cream, they will impel the latter violently'against the flat sides ofthe case; these sides being at such an angle to each other that thecream, instead of owing continuously in one direction, (as incylindrical, or nearly cylindrical, churns,) will recoil towardsthevshaft,whcre it will b e further Aagitated by the paddles m n; thisportion of the cream again flowing outwards, when another'portion isthrown by the blades in n against the sides of the case. l Independentof the above-described action, the blades nn direct the cream nearly atright angles towards the` blades m m', so that it will be forced instreams through the perforations in these blades, and outwards into abody of cream moving into a different direction; the diverse currents,and the thorough agitation of the particles of cream among themselves,resulting from this action of the blades and of the dat sides of thecase, quickly effecting the collection of the butter. When the butterhas been thus obtained, the spindle G, with its arms and blades, whichconstitute the dasher, is withdrawn from the case B after irst removingthe key c, turning back the portion e of the cross-bar D, and removingthe lids b b; the contents of the churn may then be withdrawn.

After removing the key c,rthe'crosspiece D and shaft E may be detached.

I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. Acase B, having four sides, in combination with a dasher composed of thespindle G, having arms and 2. The dasher, composed of the spindle Gr,with its arms h lc, perforated blades m m', and solid blades n n',

when the said blades are inclined in respect to each other asA and forthe purpose specied.

. The cases A B, and shaft Gwith its arms and blades, in combinationwith the standards C C', cross-piece and driving-shaft the whole beingconstructed substantially as described,

my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribingwitnesses.

M. V. B. STEINME'IZ.

0 o D, keys c e', or their equivalents,

In testimony whereof` I have signed Witnesses:

CHARLES E. Fosrnn, W. J.' R. DELANY.

g, which forms a part of thisv he case and the box A is filled withwater, or other Huid, byv

